The Omidyar Network, a fund established by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar, has pledged $2 million over two years to support the site, and in return landed fund partner Matt Halprin a seat on a shaken-up board of trustees.

But in a decision that may prove as controversial as the erroneous edits it intends to prevent, the site's policies regarding updates to entries related to living persons are getting a lot stricter.

Wikipedia, which is maintained by volunteers and allows anyone to make, or delete, an edit to an entry, has seen public people caught up in plenty of online and offline beefs over the years.

The new feature is dubbed "flagged revisions," and creates a new level of authority by granting more editorial privilege to particular users. And the feature could easily be implemented beyond just profiles of people.